Days Like This: Spring 2012

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Texas Wedding and Mother's Day

These events were several weeks ago, but cannot go undocumented. My friend, Hannah, got married in Dallas and it was a fabulous weekend! Hannah is a college friend and I have posted about her and all her awesome talent before. But, if you missed those posts, just click here to see what she has been up to (besides getting married)!

We arrived Thursday evening and started early Friday morning for mimosas and manicures/pedicures. It was for Hannah's wedding weekend, but it was pretty nice to be pampered, kid-free, and with my best friends on Mother's day weekend.

Rehearsing. Isn't she adorable?

Yummy mexican food at the rehearsal dinner. Have to when in Texas.

Morning of the wedding we lounged, pampered some more, and ate like kings at the Bride's home. We are not the type of bridesmaids that you worry about passing out because they didn't eat much during the day.

Somehow Hannah needing to polish her ring turned into everyone polishing their rings. Kind of silly, but seemed appropriate for our girl time pre-wedding. That is lot of weddings right there!

Beautiful Bride!

Mr. and Mrs. Lance Villio

Oh, and sidenote, our husbands/fiancés all loved being together for the weekend too.

I always leave so full and refreshed after being with friends who know me so well. But, I did love coming home to my sweet girls loving on me for Mother's Day.

We made these pots for my mom and mother-in-law and they turned out pretty cute. Caroline is loving helping me with crafts these days so this was a perfect one for her. I tried to let my perfectionist tendencies go and let Caroline slap her hands on there the way she wanted (missing a finger and all)! They were made in love though. :)

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Engaged!

These two love birds got engaged on Saturday!

We couldn't be more thrilled for Erin and Bubba. So grateful we could be there to celebrate with you!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Easter

Easter is my favorite holiday. We get to celebrate Jesus, but it is so much more laid back. And I love that because of what Jesus did we have hope in this life.

And let's be honest, I also love the more "holiday/marketing" aspects of Easter too. Pastels, seersucker and southern clothes, warmer weather, the Masters (when it falls on Easter), and I swear Easter candy taste better in egg shape and/or pastel colors.

John took a little time of work last Friday which was such a treat. We are never just in town when he is off work (unless we are having a baby and that doesn't really count). Anyway, we loved having a long weekend with him. Friday, G and Buster came to visit and it was Annie's first time to meet Buster. Sadly, I think Annie must have been scared away by Buster's new beard because she wanted nothing to do with him. Regardless though, we always love our time together.

We also enjoyed a cookout with some of my cousins Friday and then celebrating a good friend's birthday later that night. Saturday, John and I headed to the Master's for the day. We didn't even know what to do with 12 hours alone together. It was heavenly to have a day with no agendas. After we grabbed our favorite sandwiches we watched a few of our favorite golfers tee off. Then, we camped out in the grass around the 16th hole where we spent the rest of the day talking and catching up.

Sunday the girls woke up to some little treats in their baskets. I love that Caroline (and obviously Annie) is still at the age where there are no expectations. I put 3 eggs in each basket with 1 jellybean per egg and she was pumped! Plus, she got to eat them before breakfast.

Caroline was thrilled and she basically gets two baskets as she also takes over Annie's.

Sweet Annie. Just content and along for the ride.

I decided to start a tradition of putting books in their baskets. That way we all win. It is fun for the girls to have new books to add to our collection and I feel like they are getting something a little more meaningful and purposeful.

After church, we headed to Bob's house (John's grandfather) for an egg hunt and lunch.

I had a strange reality check when we took this picture. I reached down to hold Caroline for the pic and she didn't want to be held. She wanted to stand in front of us. It was so unnatural for me to not be holding anyone and realize Caroline is tall enough to just stand up for the picture like a big girl. Random, I know, but it is amazing to me how much she is growing up everyday and becoming more "independent" in her own way.

Yaya and Annie

All the younger cousins

"Money Mommy!"

Caroline loves Mayson

I love a good bonnet on Easter in the South.

This was my dress and bonnet as a little girl and Caroline also wore it for her first Easter.

Happy Easter folks! He is risen. He is risen, indeed!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Happy Birthday BB&G!

This weekend we went to see the triplets for their 1st birthday!

Annie's first flight and she was a champ.

Thank goodness for the ipad and Curious George.

I can hardly believe it has been a whole year since these little ones were born!

We surprised my brother Friday afternoon when all 4 of us came running up the stairs arriving for the weekend. He is a hard one to surprise, but I think we pulled it off pretty well!

The party was precious. Linsey and Christian did a great job decorating and hosting everyone. Several of the triplets' nurses from the NICU came to the party too. It was so wonderful to see some of them again (not in the hospital) and meet the others.